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When your brain feels it need the drug to keep going. This is probably the biggest part of an addiction.
Actually the physiological aspects of addiction are twofold. There is the initial physical need for the substance which will cause you to feel withdrawal symptoms such as:
Alocohol: shaking hands, nausea, headache, thirst, dizziness (basic hangover stuff) or hallucinations and seizures in those severely addicted (aka The DT's).
Opiates: Heroin, Oxies, etc. Nausea. cramping, sweats, itching, etc.
Then there are also the secondary symptoms that have to do with the brain chemistry trying to right itself after prolonged use. There will be mood swings, anxiety, irritability, depression, mania, etc. depending on the substance. Because people who are addicted can actually permanently change their brain chemistry after long term use of a drug these symptoms may never go away which is why anti-depressants and mood stabilizers (which are non-narcotic, non-addictive and don't get you high) are very useful for addicts trying to stay sober. This is also why studies have reported that up to 70% of those with an addiction have some form of mental disorder such as depression. Weather the mental disorder came first or the addiction is still being debated.
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How a person know if they have a physiological addiction to a drug?
if they have withdrals when they stop using
What is the difference between a physiological and a psychological addiction 1?
A physiological addiction involves physical dependence on a substance, where the body develops tolerance and withdrawal symptoms. A psychological addiction is more focused on the mental craving and emotional attachment to a behavior or substance without necessarily involving physical withdrawal symptoms.
Why do some people become addicted to eating cement?
Most likely it is not a true addiction and is more characteristic of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder... A true addiction has a basis in some kind of physiological response.
What is meant by withdrawal when speaking of addiction?
The unpleasant, sometimes life-threatening physiological changes that occur, due to the discontinuation of use of some drugs after prolonged, regular use.
How is physiological dependence related to addiction?
Physiological dependence refers to the body's adaptation to a substance, leading to withdrawal symptoms when the substance is removed. Addiction involves compulsive drug-seeking behavior despite negative consequences. Physiological dependence can contribute to addiction by reinforcing drug use to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
Is it possible for someone to be addicted to a drug if they had never been within 5 feet of it?
No. There are arguments that a person can be genetically more likely to become addicted to substances. In order for addiction to occur the substance must be used, this creates either a mental (psychological) addiction to the substance and/or a physical (physiological) addiction. Physiologcial addiction requires the person to use the substance or they will experience withdrawl effects such as shaking, sweating, headaches etc. Psychological addiction invloves the person mentally thinking they must have the substance (ie. if i dont take the drug i wont be able to sleep) Hope this Helps!
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is it an addiction?
Obsessive Compulsive disorder is where a person has an obsession, which creates intruding thoughts in their minds which are uncomfortable. For example, an obsession with germs, and constant thoughts that lots of things are contaminated. The compulsion is a behaviour which is done in order to remove the obsessive thoughts, e.g. hand washing. Therefore, it is different to an addiction, yet the compulsions are very difficult to stop -which is similar to addiction, whereby the addictive behaviour is hard to stop. Addiction on the other hand may be due only to the physiological need for a chemical, such as nicotine, and does not necessarily have to be caused by an obsession, as OCD is.
1.physiological shunt?
physiological shunt.
What has the author Perry F Smith written?
Perry F. Smith has written: 'The impact of cigarette smoking in New York State' -- subject(s): Statistics, Physiological effect, Mortality, Tobacco, Nicotine addiction, Cigarette smokers, Costs
What is Appetite not linked to?
physiological hunger
Why is drug addiction considered a physiological condition?
it is because once a neuron or synapse has been altered by a drug, it cannot function normally unless the drug is present, so with repeated exposure to a drug a person addicted to the drug develops tolerance to the drug.
When was The Physiological Society created?
The Physiological Society was created in 1876.
